Alan Fitzsimmons

Professor

Professor, School of Mathematics and Physics
Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC)

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 3573
EmailA.Fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk

Room 02.026 - New Physics
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

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Cometary Studies Asteroidal Studies

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R1396APL: PATT Travel Grant for Observational Astrophysics at QUB: 2020 - 2022
Jess, D., Fitzsimmons, A., Keenan, F., Mathioudakis, M., Millar, T., Milligan, R., Schwamb, M., Sim, S., Smartt, S., Watson, C. & de Mooij, E.
07/07/2020 → …
Project: Research
R1099APL: STFC PhD Studentship Allocations 2019
Mathioudakis, M., Ballance, C., Fitzsimmons, A., Jess, D., Keenan, F., Millar, T., Ramsbottom, C., Riley, D., Sarri, G., Sim, S., Smartt, S. & Watson, C.
11/08/2019 → …
Project: Research
R1915APL: PATT Linked Grant for observational astrophysics at QUB: 2018 - 2020
Jess, D., Fitzsimmons, A., Fraser, W., Gibson, N., Keenan, F., Lacerda, P., Maguire, K., Mathioudakis, M., Millar, T., Sim, S., Smartt, S. & Watson, C.
03/07/2018 → …
Project: Research
R1710APL: QUB Consolidated Grant in Solar Physics and Solar System Studies 2017 - 2020
Keenan, F., Fitzsimmons, A., Fraser, W., Jess, D., Lacerda, P. & Mathioudakis, M.
20/01/2017 → …
Project: Research
R6354APL: NEO Shield
Fitzsimmons, A.
01/08/2011 → …
Project: Research

119 Article
24 Abstract
10 Meeting abstract
9 Conference contribution
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NEO Population, Velocity Bias, and Impact Risk from an ATLAS Analysis
Heinze, A. N., Denneau, L., Tonry, J. L., Smartt, S. J., Erasmus, N., Fitzsimmons, A., Robinson, J. E., Weiland, H., Flewelling, H., Stalder, B., Rest, A. & Young, D. R., 28 Jan 2021, In: The Planetary Science Journal. 2, 1
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The transient Jupiter Trojan-like orbit of P/2019 LD₂ (ATLAS)
Hsieh, H. H., Fitzsimmons, A., Novaković, B., Denneau, L. & Heinze, A. N., 15 Jan 2021, In: Icarus. 354, 114019.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Discovery of a pre-cataclysmic binary with unusual chromaticity of the eclipsed white dwarf by the GPX survey
Krushinsky, V., Benni, P., Burdanov, A., Antokhin, I., Antokhina, E., Jehin, E., Barkaoui, K., Fitzsimmons, A., Gibson, C., Gillon, M., Popov, A., Baştürk, Ö., Benkhaldoun, Z., Marchini, A., Papini, R., Salvaggio, F. & Brazhko, V., 01 Apr 2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 493, 4, p. 5208-5217
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Exocomets from a solar system perspective
Strøm, P. A., Bodewits, D., Knight, M. M., Kiefer, F., Jones, G. H., Kral, Q., Matrà, L., Bodman, E., Capria, M. T., Cleeves, I., Fitzsimmons, A., Haghighipour, N., Harrison, J. H. D., Iglesias, D., Kama, M., Linnartz, H., Majumdar, L., de Mooij, E. J. W., Milam, S. N., Opitom, C. & 7 others, Rebollido, I., Rogers, L. K., Snodgrass, C., Sousa-Silva, C., Xu, S., Lin, Z. Y. & Zieba, S., 16 Sep 2020, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 132, 1016, p. 1-19 19 p., 101001.
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Investigating Gravitational Collapse of a Pebble Cloud to form Transneptunian Binaries
Robinson, J., Fraser, W., Fitzsimmons, A. & Lacerda, P., 03 Nov 2020, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 643, A55.
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1 Citation (Scopus)

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ESO 106.21RG.001 Dataset - NTT/EFOSC2 - Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of Hera Mission Flyby Targets
Fitzsimmons, A. (Creator), Green, S. (Contributor), Kiersz, D. (Contributor), de Leon, J. (Contributor), Pravec, P. (Contributor), Rivkin, A. (Contributor), Robinson, J. (Contributor), Scheirich, P. (Contributor), Snodgrass, C. (Contributor) & Thomas, C. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 14 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.17034/90992a37-83e5-4074-bd93-dd0d9c8850a3, https://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/query?progid=106.21RG.001
Dataset
ESO 106.21RG.002 Dataset - VLT/FORS2 - Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of Hera Mission Flyby Targets
Fitzsimmons, A. (Creator), Green, S. (Contributor), Kiersz, D. (Contributor), de Leon, J. (Contributor), Pravec, P. (Contributor), Rivkin, A. (Contributor), Robinson, J. (Contributor), Scheirich, P. (Contributor), Snodgrass, C. (Contributor) & Thomas, C. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 15 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.17034/8763d574-2c4d-459d-b824-fa810d9466f3, https://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/query?progid=106.21RG.002
Dataset

Group Achievement Award, member of the SuperWASP Team.
Fitzsimmons, Alan (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research 2019
Fitzsimmons, Alan (Recipient), Bannister, Michele (Recipient) & Wesley Fraser (Recipient), 14 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

48 Public lecture/debate/seminar
21 Participation in conference
11 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
10 Participation in Festival/Exhibition
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ESO 106.21RG.001 Remote Observations - NTT/EFOSC2 - Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of Hera Mission Flyby Targets
Alan Fitzsimmons (Supervisor), Dominik Kiersz (Participant), Jamie Robinson (Participant), Francisco Labrana (Host) & Pablo Arias (Host)
12 Feb 2021 → 14 Feb 2021
Activity: Other activity types › Other
External Examiner - MSc by Thesis
Alan Fitzsimmons (Examiner)
06 Jan 2021 → 03 Feb 2021
Activity: Examination types › Other examination
Europlanet Science Congress 2020
Alan Fitzsimmons (Member of programme committee)
21 Sep 2020 → 09 Oct 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Public Talks - Interstellar Objects and Hera
Alan Fitzsimmons (Invited speaker)
26 Jan 2020 → 27 Jan 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Didymos Observers Workshop 2020
Alan Fitzsimmons (Speaker)
25 Jun 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Rocks from an asteroid set for delivery to Earth
Alan Fitzsimmons
04/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBC Sky at Night Interview - Who Owns the Sky?
Alan Fitzsimmons
14/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Interviewed in Chemistry World - Asteroid Science
Alan Fitzsimmons
11/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBC Sky At Night - Science under lockdown
Alan Fitzsimmons
10/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
U105 Interview - Flyby of Near-Earth Asteroid 1998 OR2
Alan Fitzsimmons
27/04/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment

Engaging the Public in Science and Increasing Awareness of Physics and Astronomy
Alan Fitzsimmons (Participant), Samuel Duddy (Participant), Henry Hsieh (Participant), Stephen Smartt (Participant), Stephen Lowry (Participant), Heather Cegla (Participant), Sergiy Shelyag (Participant), Victoria Moulds (Participant), Michail Mathioudakis (Participant), Don Pollacco (Participant), John Burton (Participant) & Christopher Watson (Participant)
Impact: Societial Impact